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Host Liane Hansen talks with Fred Strasser, Executive ditor of the National Law Journal about the difficulties created by the overnment's reliance on informants. The National Law Journal has just completed nine-month investigation which claims that "today's criminal justice system is ddicted to informants." 5:34 THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL; Feb. 20, 1995; "Secret Threat To Justice: The nformant Trap"; by Mark Curriden).

Fifty years ago today the United States military rchestrated an amphibious landing on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima (EE-woh EE-mah). This operation sparked one of the most intense battles of World War wo. Host Liane Hansen travelled to the Iwo Jima memorial at the National emetery in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, and spoke to those who ad come to remember the decisive battle.

NPR's movie critic, Bob Mondello, reviews the little-noticed movie about the troubled marriage of poet T.S. Eliot and his wife, Vivian. It's already garnered two Oscar nominations.

Craig speaks with military sociologist David Burrelli about the longstanding rule prohibiting the use of umbrellas by men in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps (women are allowed to use umbrellas). Some in the Army are trying to change this rule. Burrelli is a Specialist in National Defense at The Congressional Research Service (CRS/Library of Congress). In this capacity he studies military personnel issues.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH JEFFREY SHAMUS ABOUT A SNOWBALL HE MADE AND STORED IN HIS MOM'S FREEZER BACK IN 1976 AFTER A RARE SNOWFALL IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND WHICH STILL REMAINS THERE IN A PEANUT BUTTER JAR AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

Liane speaks with Israeli journalist Rani Shaked (sha-KED), eporter for the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aronoth (yeh-dee-OT ah-row-NOT), bout the role of Israeli settlers in the peace process. Settlements in the West ank and Gaza strip have often been blamed for holding up the peace process and ividing Israel itself.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with composer John Luther Adams bout his new CD, "Earth and the Great Weather - A Sonic Geography of the rctic." (New World 80459-2) Through a combination of on-site nature recordings, uman voices, and chilling musical arrangements, Adams has succeeded in creating unique sound landscape in celebration of Alaska's beautiful and shockingly tark environment. His previous CD, also inspired by the great white north, is alled "The Far Country" (New Albion NA061CD).

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on a bombing which has left at least 18 people dead outside of the town of Netanya. Today's bombing coincides with the the first-ever government discussion on the issue of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories.

SIMON/OLLIE THE COW: SCOTT SIMON AND BARRY LEVENSON COMMEMORATE TODAY'S 65TH UNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST "FLYING" COW NAMED "ELM FARM OLLIE" AT THE ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIR EXPOSITION OF 1930. MR. LEVENSON IS THE CURATOR OF THE MOUNT HOREB MUSTARD MUSEUM AND FOUNDER OF ELM FARM OLLIE DAY, AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN MOUNT HOREB, WISCONSIN.

THIS WEEK, ON VALENTINE'S DAY, AFTER BEING OFFICIALLY IGNORED BY BRITAIN'S LITERARY ESTABLISHMENT FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, OSCAR WILDE WAS HONORED WITH A PLACE IN THE POET'S CORNER IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY...ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER THE PREMIRE OF HIS GREATEST PLAY, "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST." THE IRISH POET, PLAYWRIGHT AND NOVELIST SCANDALIZED 19TH CENTURY BRITAIN BECAUSE OF HIS HOMOSEXUALITY. NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.

Host Liane Hansen talks with Jon Spelman, project director for Tall Tales, White Lies, Local Color and Monumental Views: Stories From The ation's Capital." It's a spoken-word portrait of Washington, D.C. as told by he capital's residents who mailed, faxed, and phoned-in their stories. One of he performers, story-teller Namu Lwanga (NAH-moo luh-WAHNG-uh), speaks about rriving in the United States from Uganda and how she tries to adapt to her new ountry. 9:00 "Tall Tales..." is at the Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts through ebruary

As part of the NPR series, "The Subject is Sex," NPR's ynn Neary explores how pre-marital sex is viewed by organized religion.